In mid December I spoke with the life coach, who works hand in hand with the doctor to help me lose weight. After participating in a test to determine metabolism we sat down to talk about menus. That day I had gained three pounds from the last Dr visit. It was an all-time low (figuratively of course) since I was officially the heaviest I had ever been.
After a month of stress management, exercise and a week of clean eating, I am happy to report that 12 pounds are gone. My largest size pants are too big, and since the month is half over, I may go for two sizes in January. So operation tight pants is well on its way.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
A burning desire
Who doesn't love a good book? While I could name a few, I can honestly say that I'm not one of them. My go-to selections are usually non fiction business books. Sure I've read some novels and most of the popular trilogy series, although I am waiting for a vacation to determine if I'm team Edward or the other guy. My comfort level is non fiction.
My top three books of 2013 were Quiet, by Susan Cain, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, and Grain Brain by Dr. David Perlmutter. Quiet is about introverts and their many positive qualities. The Power of Habit is self explanatory, and Grain Brain discusses the dangers of gluten. Each book was insightful and educational. I enjoyed each one. But I selected them in the first place with the hope of garnering some gem to help me in my weight loss journey. Similarly, with The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. Somehow if I can find that magic combination, I will finally succeed.
Then I picked up and started Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. In it are the seventeen components for success. The first of which is to possess a burning desire to achieve "X." Whatever X is. As I listened to the stories of successful people, they all possessed a burning desire. One person wanted to be a business associate of Thomas Edison. Yes, that Thomas Edison. Did I mention the book is really old? Another wanted his son, who was born without ears or a means to hear to actually hear and speak. Finally a third, a military leader sailed with his men to a foreign land during war and then burned the boats on which they arrived stating to his men "win or perish." All three stories included successful results. So I have determined that I need to have a burning desire to weigh 135. So what am I going to do to burn all the boats behind me so I have no choice but to win? One idea is to organize my clothes by size and at the end of every month give away every article of clothing of the highest size. I'm sure I will come up with other incentives.
So that's my goal this year: to weigh 135.
My top three books of 2013 were Quiet, by Susan Cain, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, and Grain Brain by Dr. David Perlmutter. Quiet is about introverts and their many positive qualities. The Power of Habit is self explanatory, and Grain Brain discusses the dangers of gluten. Each book was insightful and educational. I enjoyed each one. But I selected them in the first place with the hope of garnering some gem to help me in my weight loss journey. Similarly, with The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. Somehow if I can find that magic combination, I will finally succeed.
Then I picked up and started Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. In it are the seventeen components for success. The first of which is to possess a burning desire to achieve "X." Whatever X is. As I listened to the stories of successful people, they all possessed a burning desire. One person wanted to be a business associate of Thomas Edison. Yes, that Thomas Edison. Did I mention the book is really old? Another wanted his son, who was born without ears or a means to hear to actually hear and speak. Finally a third, a military leader sailed with his men to a foreign land during war and then burned the boats on which they arrived stating to his men "win or perish." All three stories included successful results. So I have determined that I need to have a burning desire to weigh 135. So what am I going to do to burn all the boats behind me so I have no choice but to win? One idea is to organize my clothes by size and at the end of every month give away every article of clothing of the highest size. I'm sure I will come up with other incentives.
So that's my goal this year: to weigh 135.
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